v. (II)

a. wa-déker díˀyhi toutέyo di-káno šéyhi wa-ˁö́mor yo yo ˁaf dékerk náˁa ṭey bíľe wa-ˁéyyek ḷemɛtέḷki ‘And he remembered the incident that had happened with them and said: “Aha! I just remembered one thing I wanted to tell you”’ (CSOL I 4:19)

b. ḥa fɔ́ne mótiľ tan ṭad ˁag be-saḳɔ́ṭri mótiľ tan ṭad ˁag ‘In a bygone time, a man on Soqotra told a tale. A man told a tale’ (CSOL II 23:1)

• mέtaḷ speech; language
• mósteḷ or mέstɛḷ to talk to each other
• šémteḷ to talk
• temtíľoʰ poem, story
• temέtiľ to speak in verse
• mešómtiľ interpreter